+Climate Negotiations | December 12, 2011
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“Kyoto for Canada is in the past. As such, we are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw.”

PETER KENT, Canada’s environment minister, announcing the country’s formal withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. Canada—unlike the U.S.—signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which required the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 6% below 1990 levels by 2012. But successive Canadian governments did little to cut emissions as the oil and gas industry exploded, and today [...]

+Carbon Policy | November 26, 2010

Climate: 5 Ways of Looking at the UN Climate Summit in Cancun

By Bryan Walsh

It’s the most wonderful time of the year once more for environment reporters: the UN climate summit. Last year’s affair in Copenhagen was a frigid disaster, mostly a failure for the climate—but at least the food was terrible. Beginning on November 29, diplomats from more than 190 countries will spend two weeks (plus overtime) trying [...]